Louis and Tiger outside in the snow

We have a nice dusting of new snow (mebbe half an inch) tonight in
Minnesota. I took Louis the Bengal outside on his leash, and he
scrupulously avoided even going near it. He found all the dry spots
under the porch and the second-floor roof. Tiger frantically pawed at
the picture window. Louis cowed back to the front door, wondering why
it didn't open back inside so easily...

Then I took Tiger (Maine-Coon-ish mutt) outside. He wasted no time in
trotting right out into the snow, and seemed invigorated by the cold.
We ranged far afield from the security of the front door, and he
trotted through the snow as if it were grass. His paw-prints traced a
huge path on our property.

He was truly beautiful decked in the huge snowflakes visiting our
yard. I can't properly express how purely right it seemed to see him
wearing a sparkle of snowflakes on top of his thick fur coat.

I've often marvelled at the huge tufts of fur on his paws, but this
was the first winter he's taken a leash and gotten outside, and he
padded through the snow as if on snowshoes.

We came back inside, and instead of being envious Louis was huddled by
the heating vent.

During this summer's sweltering heat, Louis will revel in his treks in
the beating sun, imagining himself in the steaming forests of
southeast asia, though he's never been there himself. Meanwhile, Tiger
will huddle in the cool basement or by the air conditioning vents.

Tomorrow Henry goes out to his first winter, and I'm expecting that
he too will joyfully rediscover a thing he's actually never
experienced.

I do love my cats. =)

BLink

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:31:53 -0600, Brian Link wrote:



He was truly beautiful decked in the huge snowflakes visiting our
yard. I can't properly express how purely right it seemed to see him
wearing a sparkle of snowflakes on top of his thick fur coat.


Wow


I do love my cats. =)

I think we do too :-)

Jim

That's a nice story. I'm glad to know you take the trouble to walk your
cats out for such a nice experience, (at least for one of them.)

When my Sapphire was younger she would go out in the snow on the deck and
jump and dig, jump and dig. Now at 14 she is content to go out and walk
around out there sort of avoiding too much snow. The 2 year old ventures
out and walks on top of the snow a little. Pepper at 14 stays in by the
radiator!

--
Barb
Of course I don't look busy,
I did it right the first time.